<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dabeaz" class="u-url mention">@<span>dabeaz</span></a></span> Sometimes I think about elevators, specially about what is the best floor where they should wait for a command, to minimize response time. Usually it&#39;s the ground floor. Now think how to spread two. Or three or four.</p>

<p>I&#39;m having a lot of fun with this. Made a bunch of improvements involving timing and other facets throughout.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fosstodon.org/@underlap" class="u-url mention">@<span>underlap</span></a></span> I remember it differently. Mapper understand the task by creating a mental model and figuring out what needs to be done, while packers understand the task through a series of prescribed steps.</p><p>But you&#39;re right, AI is yet another attempt to make packers more useful while avoiding hiring too many mappers.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> My parents are settling into retirement and my mom is in peak crafting and painting. PE killing Joeann hurts.</p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> <a href="https://music.apple.com/us/album/you-need-to-calm-down/1468058165?i=1468058704" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">music.apple.com/us/album/you-n</span><span class="invisible">eed-to-calm-down/1468058165?i=1468058704</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> maybe they should have the edible (the adults)</p>

<p>Anyone else remember an early edition of &quot;The Programmer&#39;s Stone&quot; which characterised programmers as either &quot;mappers&quot; (took the time to understand the design of the code they wrote) or &quot;packers&quot; (went straight to coding)?</p><p>Seems like Packers are the target audience for AI coding assistants.</p><p>Along the same lines:</p><p><a href="https://www.doliver.org/articles/programming-is-a-thinkers-game" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">doliver.org/articles/programmi</span><span class="invisible">ng-is-a-thinkers-game</span></a></p><p>and<br /> <a href="https://manuelmoreale.com/a-thought-on-ai-and-creativity" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">manuelmoreale.com/a-thought-on</span><span class="invisible">-ai-and-creativity</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> good news - if you have access to a 3d printer, you no longer have to tie the balloons thanks to this patent expiring: <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1k9xqw5/project_expired_patents_balloon_sealing_device/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">old.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/co</span><span class="invisible">mments/1k9xqw5/project_expired_patents_balloon_sealing_device/</span></a></p>

<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@film_girl" class="u-url mention">@<span>film_girl</span></a></span> 100mg? heh</p>